Saw-set.



W. S. LITTLE.

SAW SET. ABPILlGATIONFILED 061114, 1912.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

l i 4 E551 W. s. LITTLE. SAW SET, APPLICATION FILEDt 00T,14, 1912.

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WALTER Si. LITTLE, OF BORDEAUX, WASHNGTON.

j To `all wiwm'z't may concern:

'WALTER S. LITTLE; a

States, residing at Bordeaux, in the county of Thurston and have invented certain nevi7 and useful Improvements in Saw-Sets; the following to be a full,

Be it known that l,

` clear, and exact description of the` invention,

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'feet 2"of an such as will enable o hersfskilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisg'inventionrelates'tc ,metal tools and implements; and thekobjectV of the' and more especially to saws;

improved Ascrew-ope'rated saw setting machine adapted to act on the teeth of an ordiand possessing various points of adjustment so that it may be readily adapted to saws of diiferent size and .to teeth of' different size. These and' other objects are accomplished by constructing. the device in the manner hereinafter more --fully described and f'liin;l the drawings wherein*` claimed, and as shown j Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan view of this machine complete. Fig.

:3f-1s a central longitudinal sectional view. Bfigs. 4;, 5,' and 6 are eross-sections on the lines 4`4, 5-5, and 6-6 respectively of Fig. 3. Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective details of-v parts which will be hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings the letter B designates present instance a work bench to which by screws or boltsl are secured the arch 3,Y the same extending transversely across a substantially Ufshaped mem er constituting the framework of -this machine and including a base 4 standing parallel with the face of the bench and passlng through the arch, an upbent neck anv overhanging arm 6 standing over` Yand disposedzsome distance above the base and supported rigidly with relation thereto by between the arms of said the arch 3.` The base is secured arch by means of a crpss bolt or rivet 7', and it projects for some distance beyond the edge of the work benc'hfB as best seen in Fig. 1. At a proper point its upper face is provided with the anvil 8 upon which 'the setin a manner well known in this art.

' The saw clamp comprises two jaws`the the vtop ef lower jaw or table 10 and the upper jaw or y over- Specication of Letters Patent. Application led October 14, 1912.

same is to produce an.

5, andA SAW-SET.

Patent-ea Mar. 4, 1913'. Serial No. 725,688.

downturned wings 11 and 12 at its front and rear ends, and at both sides,vboth provided with upright slo-ts 13 and 14- respectively which are engaged *by adjusting bolts 15 and 16 having Washers 17 under their heads and nuts as seen in Fig. t; andthe front and rear ends of .this table are raised by 'set screws 18 and 19 which are threaded upward through the baise 4,-the obvious function of the bolts 15 and 16 being to hold the table after it has been adjusted by means of said set screws. Thel upper jaw- 2() of the clamp overlies the lower awor table 10 and is raised or lowered by means of a screw 21 which is threaded into this. jaw, extends thence outward, and is swiveled as at 22A through the arm 6 and has a' hand piece 23 at its upper end by which it may be rotated. The inner end of the clamp is forked as indicated at 24, its astride the setting die pin 25 therethrough. tail of construction, when the clamp is raised by rotating the screw 21 in the proper direction, the fork 241- raises the inner end of and beneath a cross the lower face of the clamp and the die on the one hand, -and the upper face ol the table 10 and the anvil 8 onv the other hand. It might be stated at this point that in order to adjust the vdegree of defiection which it is desired to give the tooth, not only may the position and path of lnovement of the die be adjusted in a manner hereinafter described, but the angle of the table to the anvil can be adjusted by the means just explained in detail and the looseness of the screw 21 where it is swlveled as at 22 1n the arm 6 will permit fork arms standing By this important dethe lower face of the clamp to remain ever A parallel with the upper face of the table.

The die 30 (best has a straight body 31 pierced with a nurnber of holes 32 for a purpose yet to appear, and one end 33 is turned downward and reduced as at 3.4. and also pierced with a trans- -verse hole 35 for the passage ofthe pin 25 above mentioned, while theother end 36 is turned upward, has a similar hole 35', but its face or extremity 36 is shaped diilersaw teeth are to be ently 'from the reduced end 34- so that-this dismay be used where the In fact, in providing the init, escl; having its extremities or Working seen in detail in Fig. 8)

- right bolt after another' inserted, and then these parts rc- 'the set screw 50 by means of which the acfaces diifering from each other, and from all others, and the operator will use whatever? v die is necessary and turn it in such position that it will coact with the anvil 8.

- Through one of the holes 32 is passed a cross bolt 40, which passes next through an inverted U-shaped yoke 41 (see Fig. 6) and thence through upright slots 42 in the sides of the arch 3; and they result is that by adjusting the position of this bolt within said slots the diemay be raised and lowered so that its extremity can be caused to coact with the angularity `of the anvil 8, and by adjusting the bolt 40 into one of the other holes 32 in the body 31 of the die the working extremity of the lattercan be set so as to stand directly overthe anvil 8 at all times. If the die be made double as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 3, the upturned rear end 36 is idle while the front end 33 is active as therein shown. If means are desired for adjusting the vertical position of the yoke 41, other than by raising and lowering the bolt 40, I may employ an upright bolt 43 passingloosely at 44 through the top of the yoke and swiveled as at 45 through the top of the arch, its head 4G standing within the yoke and therefore preventing its rotation and its nut 47 lying on top of the arch where it may be reached by a suitable wrench. By turning this nut to the right the yoke and with it the die is raised, and by turning it to the left said parts are permitted to descend. Toreplace the die by another, the cross holt 40 is removed and the nut 47 taken ott' of the upwhich the yoke andv die can be drawn entirely out of the arch and placed.

An important feature of myinvention is tive end of thegdie is borne downward upon the saw` tooth to set it on the anvil 8. -This is well shown 11i-Fig'. 3 as consisting ot' au ordinary headed set screw, but its threads are loose within the threaded aperture 51 through thc arm 6, and its head 52 is rather j large and squared so as to receive the eye 53 of a wrench 54 as shown in Fig. 7. I propose to set the saw teeth by a combination of movements. When the saw blade is passed into the clamp against the gage (yet to be described) and over the anvlthe set screw 50 is first 'run downward so that its lower end 55 bears upon thedie 30 directly above the working extremity of the latter and presses the face 34A thereof down onto the tooth; and by turning the wrench 54, considerable pressure may be thro-wn' onto the tooth and perhaps, with saws of certain kinds of steel, the tooth may be set by this means alone. However, as the stift'- ness of the tooth will offer resistance to the i, downward progress of the screw 50, the upl aperture per faces the lower v51 during this downward movement, with the result that a certain looseness exists between. these two sets of threads.

Finally, and especially with saws whose material, temper and thickness is suiicient, t-he operatorwill remove the wrench 54 and strike the head 52 of the screw a considerable blow with his hammerthis drives the screw downward as the looseness of its threads permits, and the result is that the tooth is set by a compound sist-ing of initial pressure and a {inal blow.

The ga e above referred to has an upright flat ody 60 standing across the4 upper' face of the base 4 just in rear of the anvil 8, and directly behind the latter said body is deflected to the rear as at 61 so that at this point it rests on the face of the base 4 and holds the gage in proper position. At either sidev of said base the metal plate from which the gage'is formed is bent torward into a wing G2 provided with a slot 63, and through the slots cf the two wings passes a cross bolt 64 (see Fig. 5) which'is obviously forthe purpose of adjusting the gage forward and backward. This adjustment regulates the depth to which the teeth shall be set, and it is my purpose to make the anvil 8 as broad as the broadest tooth of any saw upon which this machine may be used and then adjustl the gage accordingly, as shown in Fig. 1. It is quite possible that, when the machine is usedon circular saws, another gage will be substituted whose body is slightly curved; but as only one or two teeth are present at any time within the machine, and absolutely only one is set. at a time, I apprehend no difficulty inthis respect. of the base 4 is shouldered or dropped as indicated at G8 in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to provide a recess sufficiently deep for the thickness of the table 10, and when the latter is let down into this recess by unscrewing the screws 18 and 19 the extent of the deflection of each tooth will be the greatest possible with this machine, and the depth of the set may be gaged accordinglyby adjusting the gage forward or backward over the anvil 8. The parts are of course entirely of metal, tempered where reat strength is needed, and proportione as necessary. The usesof saw-setting machines are too well `known to need repetition here.

What is claimed as new is:

of its threads will contact ,withl faces of the threads within the movement con- Just forward of the anvil 8 the face 1. In a saw set, the combination with a base having an anvil, a die, and means for defiecting the latter; of a saw clamp comprising a table overlying the base and'hav' ing downturned wings alongside its edges I said table,

beneath said table, an upper jaw overlying said table, and means for raising and lowering said upper jaw.

2. In a saw set, the combination wit-h a base having an anvil, a die, and means for delecting the latter; of a saw clamp comprising a table overlying the base and having downturned wings alongside its edges provided with upright slots, cross bolts through the base and through said slots, set screws passing upward through the base beneath Asaid table, an upper jaw overlyingT an upright screw threaded into this jaw, a neck rising-'from the rear of the base, an arm projecting forward from said neck, and a swiveled connection between said upright screw and arm.

3. In a saw set, the combination with a substantially U-shaped frame including a base, a curved neck, and an arm overlying said base, the latter being provided with an anvil; of a saw clamp including a table adjustably mounted on the base, an upper jaw overlying said table and adjustably con-` nected with said arm, and a fork at the inner end of said upper jaw; a die having a downturned frontend standing above said anvil, means for supporting the rear end of the die, `means for depressing its front ends, and a transverse pin through the latter engaged by said fork of the upper jayv, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a saw set, the combination with an upright arch having vertical slotted sides, a substantially .Ul-shaped frame inclosed within 'said arch and having an anvil, a die having a do-wnturned front end standing over said anvil, and means for depressing this end; of a yoke slidably mounted Within said arch, a cross bolt passing through the body of the die, the yoke, and the slot in the arch, and means foradjusting said yoke vertically.

5. In a saw set, the combination with an ,K upright arch having vertical slotted sides, a

and a nut on the upper extremity of thisbolt., for the purpose set` forth.

ln.a saw set, a substantially frame having an anvil, a. die downturned front end standing over said anvil, and means for depressing this end; ot a yoke, a cross bolt passing through the body of the die, andthe yoke, an upright bolt swivelly the yoke and through the upper arm of the frame, and a nut on the upper extremity of this bolt, for the purpose set forth.

U-shaped 7. In a saw set, the combination with a base having an anvil, an arm rigidly supported over said base andv having a screwthreaded hole above said anvil, and a die loosely supported at its rear end and hav-ing its forward e-nd provided with an act-ive face coact-ing with said anvil; of a screw whose threads loosely engage those of said threaded hole and Whose tip stands above the working end of the anvil, its headbeing enlarged and standing above said arm, whereby vthe screw may be run downward to bend the saw toot-h and its head may be given a stroke to effect the nal setting of said tooth.

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WALTER S. LITTLE.

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